CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder technology development status

Pagano, Thomas S.; Abesamis, Carlo; Andrade, Andres; Aumann, Hartmut H.; Gunapala, Sarath D.; Heneghan, Cate; Jarnot, R. F.; Johnson, Dean; Lamborn, Andy; Maruyama, Yuki; Rafol, Sir B.; Raouf, Nasrat; Rider, David M.; Ting, David Z.; Wilson, Dan; Yee, Karl; Cole, Jerold; Good, Bill; Kampe, Thomas U.; Soto, Juancarlos; Adams, Arn; Buckley, M. A.; Graham, Richard; Nicol, Fred; Vengel, Tony; Moore, John; Coleman, Thomas; Schneider, Steve; Esser, Chris; Inlow, Scott; Sanders, Devon; Hansen, Knud Erik; Zeigler, Matt; Dumont, Charles; Walter, Rebecca; Piacentine, Joe

doi:10.1117/1.jrs.13.032512

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“…The authors have explored the use of InAs/InAsSb T2SLS detectors for a number of potential NASA applications. One example is the CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS) [52][53][54] being developed at the JPL. The CIRAS features a hyperspectral instrument designed to demonstrate MWIR temperature and water vapour sounding on a low-cost space-borne remote-sensing platform.…”

Section: Nasa Applicationsmentioning

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InAs/InAsSb superlattice infrared detectors

2024

Opto-Electronics Review

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Mid-wavelength infrared detectors and focal plane array based on n-type InAs/InAsSb type-II strained layer superlattice absorbers have achieved excellent performance. In the long and very long wavelength infrared, however, n-type InAs/InAsSb type-II strained layer superlattice detectors are limited by their relatively small absorption coefficients and short growth-direction hole diffusion lengths, and consequently have only been able to achieve modest level of quantum efficiency. The authors present an overview of their progress in exploring complementary barrier infrared detectors that contain p-type InAs/InAsSb type-II strained layer superlattice absorbers for quantum efficiency enhancement. The authors describe some representative results, and also provide additional references for more indepth discussions. Results on InAs/InAsSb type-II strained layer superlattice focal plane arrays for potential NASA applications are also briefly discussed.

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Section: Nasa Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

InAs/InAsSb superlattice infrared detectors

2024

Opto-Electronics Review

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“…The Japanese built PFS on the near infrared camera for the SuMIRe were optically cooled to 77K using two Sunpower GT40 Stirling cycle coolers 56 . The imaging spectrometer carried on the CIRAS (CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder) 57 by the United States, launched in 2019, was cooled to 120K.…”

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Development status of low temperature infrared detection technology

Zhang

et al. 2023

Ninth Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications

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“…The CIRAS is currently designed for a 6U or 12U CubeSat developed by Blue Canyon Technologies, but can be easily accommodated by a variety of small spacecraft. A description of the CIRAS instrument concept, enabling technologies, and expected performance has been provided in prior works 5,6 .…”

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Thermal vacuum performance testing of the CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS)

Pagano,

Cho,

Crawford

et al. 2023

CubeSats, SmallSats, and Hosted Payloads for Remote Sensing VII

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Hyperspectral infrared sounders measure the profiles of temperature and water vapor in the atmosphere and the concentration of trace gas species. Instruments such as NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) 1 on the Aqua spacecraft have proven their value for weather and climate research, atmospheric composition research, and high impact to the operational forecast at NWP centers worldwide. Reducing the size, weight and power of these instruments is key to enabling more rapid revisit when deployed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), enabling new measurements such as 3D Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) winds, and reducing the cost of these instrument for future deployment in LEO, Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and aircraft platforms. NASA and NOAA have sponsored technology maturation at JPL of the CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS) to demonstrate the use of wide field grating spectrometer optics and large format FPA technologies included in CIRAS for infrared sounding. These include a 2D format High Operating Temperature-Barrier Infrared Detector (HOT-BIRD), a silicon Immersion Grating, and Black Silicon for the CIRAS entrance slit and blackbody. Thermal Vacuum (TVac) performance testing of CIRAS has been completed achieving TRL 5 for a full scale brassboard of the instrument. Testing included spatial, spectral, and radiometric response of the instrument including measurements of the transmission in a gas cell. Results show excellent performance from the system with the exception of a high background flux from the Integrated Dewar Cryocooler Assembly (IDCA). The IDCA is not planned for flight use and projections of the performance in the flight configuration are discussed. Through this testing the instrument has reached TRL 5. Recently, the NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) awarded JPL a contract to fly the CIRAS in an aircraft, called the Pyro-atmosphere Infrared Sounder (PIRS), to measure the convective environment around wildfires.

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CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder technology development status

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

InAs/InAsSb superlattice infrared detectors

InAs/InAsSb superlattice infrared detectors

Development status of low temperature infrared detection technology

Thermal vacuum performance testing of the CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (CIRAS)

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